August, 2010

Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to retrieve the power plan settings for your computer. The Microsoft Scripting Guys show you how. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to have a way to easily retrieve the power plan settings for the active power plan on my...

Summary : Find the active power plan on remote servers by using Windows PowerShell and WMI information. The Microsoft Scripting Guys show you how to do it. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a real problem. It seems that both Windows 7 and Windows Server...

Summary : Customize colors and fonts in the Windows PowerShell ISE. The Microsoft Scripting Guys show you how to script the script editor. How meta! Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. In just about two weeks it will be my birthday, and I have...

Summary : Learn how to change colors used by the Windows PowerShell ISE to customize your scripting environment. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the things that is kind of lame about Charlotte is that there is not a good computer...

In this post : How Can I Take Script Output and Use It in Other Scripts? Troubleshooting a Script That Reads from Excel Does Windows 7 Recognize VBScript Scripts? Can I Change the Path to the Profile Folder in Windows PowerShell? ...

Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to Query Active Directory for computers and then run WMI commands on the remote machines. The Scripting Guys show you how.   Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a major problem at my company. We have a standard corporate...

Summary : Query Active Directory and ping each computer in the domain by using Windows PowerShell. The Scripting Guys show you how. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am THE IT person at my company. I am also a chemical engineer who has daily production responsibilities...

Summary : Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell [adsiSearcher] type accelerator to search Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to get in touch with my inner programmer. The problem is that our company has cut...

Summary : Learn how to search Active Directory Domain Services from Windows PowerShell by using the DirectorySearcher .NET class. Hey Scripting Guy! I am curious about searching Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) from Windows PowerShell...

Summary : See how to change the fonts used by the Windows PowerShell ISE in the Script pane and Output pane. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The summer is rapidly drawing to a close, although the summer heat and humidity will more than likely...

Summary : Join Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson as he takes you on a guided tour of the Windows PowerShell ISE color objects. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is a beautiful sunny afternoon. I have decided to embrace the sunshine and...

In this post : Dealing with Hidden File Extensions How Can I Programmatically Remove the Everyone Group? How Can I Stop a Script That Has Started Running? Troubleshooting a Script That Uses WMI     Dealing with Hidden File Extensions Hey, Scripting...

Summary : By using Windows PowerShell splatting, domain users can be added to a local group. This script includes a function to convert a CSV file to a hash table. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use Windows PowerShell to add domain users...

Summary : Sorting lists of data in VBScript often involved writing complex code. The Sort cmdlet in Windows PowerShell makes that task easier. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use Windows PowerShell to list the members of a group in Active...

Summary : The Scripting Guys discuss using Windows PowerShell to change a user's Active Directory password in this how-to article. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to change a user’s password by using Windows PowerShell. In the VBScript...

Summary : The Scripting Guys discuss three different approaches to finding disabled user accounts in Active Directory Domain Services by using Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to use Windows PowerShell to search Active Directory...

Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to create a formatted report from data stored in XML files. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is still dark outside, and the lights of the neighborhood are slowly beginning to come on. It is really humid...

Summary : The easiest way to deploy a Windows PowerShell script to users is to create a Group Policy logon script. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Oh…my eyes feel like they are glued to my eyelids. I am not a night owl , unlike the...

In this post : How Do I Paste Code into the Windows PowerShell Console? Automation with Windows PowerShell How Can I Create an Automated Lockdown for Windows 7 by Using Windows PowerShell? How Can I Filter Search Results in the Script Repository? How...

Summary : Pausing execution of a Windows PowerShell script to receive keyboard input can be as simple as using the Read-Host cmdlet. But other methods are available. Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to pause a Windows PowerShell script and wait...

Summary : With Windows PowerShell cmdlets, it is easy to mask passwords used when scripting remote applications. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to mask a password when running a Windows PowerShell script. I am attempting to convert my VBScript...

Summary : When writing a Windows PowerShell script, code reuse can speed up the process. Ed Wilson discusses best practices for reusing code. Hey, Scripting Guy! I often write Windows PowerShell scripts, and when I need to use a function that I...

Summary : Using a script containing Windows PowerShell functions can be as simple as dot-sourcing the script. Hey, Scripting Guy! I was looking in the Script Center Script Repository for Windows PowerShell scripts, and I found one that was really...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It may seem like a “well duh” thing for a Scripting Guy to say, but I love writing scripts. In particular, I love writing Windows PowerShell scripts. One problem with sharing everything I write is that...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. There used to be a really cool tool available in the Windows Driver Development Kit (DDK) that was called bootvis.exe. I used to use it to create a boot trace for my Windows XP computer. This tool was useful because...